We should have a real spinner's "Rodeo" or Exhibition
Yesterday the wheel went into the shop, for some touchups and tuning.
This morning, it spins lace weight singles at 600 yards per hour -- not bad for an old man that has not run a marathon since 1980. And, even at that rate, it is fairly low effort. It is low enough effort that I can keep it up all day without a problem. I think I could keep the pace up all week. 600 x 40 hr/ wk = 24,000 yd/week => ~1.2 million yd/year.
Do I think the old time spinners worked that fast? Hard to tell. As is, the flyer/bobbin assembly has one ball bearing in it. I do not think that one ball bearing makes that much difference, still ball bearings are an 18th century technology.
I think that even in 1500, professional spinners kept their wheels tuned up.
Yesterday the wheel went into the shop, for some touchups and tuning.
This morning, it spins lace weight singles at 600 yards per hour -- not bad for an old man that has not run a marathon since 1980. And, even at that rate, it is fairly low effort. It is low enough effort that I can keep it up all day without a problem. I think I could keep the pace up all week. 600 x 40 hr/ wk = 24,000 yd/week => ~1.2 million yd/year.
Do I think the old time spinners worked that fast? Hard to tell. As is, the flyer/bobbin assembly has one ball bearing in it. I do not think that one ball bearing makes that much difference, still ball bearings are an 18th century technology.
I think that even in 1500, professional spinners kept their wheels tuned up.
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